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Fish Hook Wrapper.-

Patented Sept. 28 1880.

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GEORGE G. GREGORY, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

FlSH-HOOK WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,706, dated September 28, 1880.

Application filed May 3, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE G. GREGORY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Wrapper for Snelled or Snooded Fish-Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a wrapper in which snelled or snooded fish-hooks may be wrapped and labeled ready for sale, and in which they may be readily carried in the pocket.

The objects of the invention are as follows: To keep the goods in asalable condition, easy of access, and in a package of neat form; to save time and labor in handling; to secure ease of manipulation; to prevent tangling or mixing of hooks; to provide means for retaining the label, so as to facilitate the ready finding of a similar package when desired, and to prevent rusting of the books from exposure.

Heretofore it has been customary to wrap the hooks in a paper and to secure the same at or near the points where the snells or snoods are attached to the shanks by means of a piece of twine or by simply twisting the paper com posing the wrapper, and then to aflix a label designating the size or quality of the hooks and the number contained in the package.

The paper used for the wrapper is usually of a soft and flimsy character, wears out very soon, and is not long retained by the purchaser.

My invention consists, essentially, in the novel construction of a wrapper made of cardboard or heavy paper, as hereinafter particularly described. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of the blank from which the wrapper is made in one form, and Fig. 2 shows the wrapper folded with a number of fish-hooks therein. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the wrapper is made in a somewhat modified form, and Fig. 4 shows the same Wrapper folded with a number of fish-hooks therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspo'ndin g parts.

A represents a blank made of card-board, heavy paper, or other suitable material, and

(ModeL) adapted to be folded transversely midway of its length, and again longitudinally, in order to form a box or case, in which to inclose the hooks.

In Figs. 1 and 3 the blankisshown as adapted to be folded transversely midway of its length, and both of the figures showa lpop, a, for the engagement of a tongue or strap, after the manner of an ordinary pocket-book.

In Fig. 1 the loop a is formed in the lower half of the blank, and in Fig. 2 it is formed in the upper half.

In Fig. 1 both halves of the blank are provided with two flaps to each blank, said flaps being designated by the portions outside of the dotted lines 0 d. y m

In Fig. 2 only the upper half is provided with flaps, which are designated by the portions outside of the lines 6f.

In Fig. 1 the blank is provided with only one tongue or strap, G. In Fig. 2 the blank is provided with two tongues or straps, G and G In using this wrapper the hooks are placed in the upper portion of the blank, the flaps are folded over them, thelower half is folded over the flaps, and the package is secured by the strap or tongue engaging with the loop a.

In Fig.2 the single tongue G is doubled and passed into or under theloop, leaving the end of the tongue protruding so as to be readily caught by the thumb and finger to open the package.

In Fig. '4 both of the tongues are passed under the loop a, one over the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- A wrapper or cover for snelled or snooded fish-hooks made of card-board or heavy paper and consisting of a blank, A, provided with a loop, a, and a tongue or tongues, G or G, for engagement with said loop after said blank is folded, as herein shown and described.

GEO. G. GREGORY.

Witnesses C. SEDGWICK, E. R. BROWN. 

